How to find the maximum of two numbers

Written by Paul Hudson    @twostraws

To find the largest of any two integers, use the max() function like this:

let first = 10
let second = 15

let largest = max(first, second)

This also works with floating-point numbers, as long as both numbers are floats – you can't mix data types.

Available from iOS 2.0

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